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The Blackfoot Optimist

Location

Blackfoot, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1913

Page

5

Blackfoot Day by Day Grocery Ads and Local Notices

Local ads announce fresh vegetables at Bor man’s and Club House goods through Berryman’s exclusive agency. Barker & Davis promote low prices while Model Grocery and Blackfoot Racket Store tout delivery and 10 cent counters. Residents travel to Rexburg Salt Lake and Ogden for weddings and business, with community jewelry and an old and young people party planned for Groveland on Feb 4 and 5.

Borman’s Berryman's Club House Barkler & Davis Grocery Blackfoot Mra Bogdt Edith Rexburg E. A. Johnson Salt Lake A. D. Quantrell Club Honge Coffee John Kyle Howe H. Wgaumer Barker & Davis F. W. Berryman Ogden J. S. Parks Beneice Idaho Beise A. L. Hughes Groveland

Fresh groceries and town happenings in Blackfoot

Berryman's markets offer fresh groceries. Local residents, including G F Wolf and County Surveyor Christensen, frequent the town for business. Many plan trips to California, Boise, or Portland for the winter and next two months. A social event by the B Y P U is planned, and Dr Scarborough will visit Blackfoot on February 3 for eye care.

Berryman's G. F. Wolf Pingree Christensen Tucs Boise Edith D. H. Brethan L. C. Rockwood California William ‘Thompson H. E. Smith Dave Pratt Miss Garletz Portland D. H. Biethan Chicago Beebe Theo Snyder Jim Barnett Rita Christ Springfield Mr. Barnett DR. Scarborough Blackfoot Cottage Hotel Scarborough

Donald Davis Dies of Heart Trouble at Seventeen

The community mourns Donald Davis a bright kindly seventeen year old as heart trouble ends his life after two weeks of illness. Funeral was held Tuesday at the First Ward L D S meetinghouse with Bishop Lorenzo R Thomas presiding. Others spoke: President James Duckworth B H Allred and Heber C C Rich. Local figures and neighbors send sympathy as families adjust.

Donald Noscar Davis Lorenzo R. Thomas Davis Provo Utah

Blackfoot real estate and stockholders meeting notice

Farm exchange offers 190 acres cultivated land ideal for stock or hog ranch and requests exchange for Blackfoot city property or nearby small farm in Idaho. Also announces first annual meeting of Blackfoot Fruit Growers and Farmers Association on March 6 1913 in Blackfoot with mandatory attendance for voting on important subjects. Alfred Kenoyer promotes California homestead land and government township plat request. Also notes Salisbury Company money to loan with favorable terms.

C. O. Burkit Roberts F. W. Mitchell Burger N. E. Montgomery Denver George Drew Lacey J. M. Wirgit Pocatello Gem State Lumber Company Idaho Lumber Company Blackfoot City Salt Lake City Blackfoot Parkinson Realty & Investment Company Idaho The Blackfoot, Fruit Growers and Farmers Association E. M. Snider Pres California Alfred Kenoyer Locator Hanford

Quirky local vignettes from a bygone day

A humorous batch of small town incidents unfolds. A teacher briefly hides in a boarding house bath room awaiting a contractor to cut a door lock. Rev Jewell teases plans for a new church while volunteers prepare to tear down the old one after services. Ex-County Commissioner Rich jokes about ceiling fixes with canvas and tacks, drawing a sharp reply from Sheriff Jones on local taxes.

Harry Lee A. B. Stevens Jewell Baptist Church Heber C. C. Rich Tme Pilly Jones Mr. Rich Court House

Resignation at local high school prompts new hire

Changes In School Teachers Prof. Vanderhoof, manual training teacher in the high school has tendered his resignation and has removed to Ogden, Utah, having been succeeded by Prof. Beene, of Valparaiso, Indiana. Charles Deeds and Charles Hussey, dry farmers near Tabor, were in town Wednesday.

Vanderhoof Ogden Utah Beene Valparaiso Indiana Charles Deeds Charles Hussey Tabor

Want Ads Offer Winter Apples and Property for Sale

Want ads list several items for sale including winter apples offered by a caller at phone 30 R 120-M10, a 50 by 150 foot lot for sale with a name H. F. Barker, an estray black boar hog weight 150 pounds held at 99 Park Street with feed and advertising costs to be paid, and purebred Rhode Island Red chickens at Shirley Poultry Yards in Blackfoot Idaho with a telephone and date 116-4tp.

Estray Park Street Rhode Island Shirley Poultry Yards Blackfoot Idaho

Also Mentioned on This Page

Donald Davis H. W. Curtis Lulu Sadie Valley VanBramer Mackay Electric Cafe Hansen Bros R Brown-Eldredge Furniture Company Farm Exchange Salisbury Bor Adv Tf C. F. Molden Murphey Cigar Store H. F. Barker Montgomery Bros City Main Blackfoot, Idaho M. Watson Miverside Riverside Poultry Ranch J. Cobbley Fano Karl P Brown Optimist Plackfot
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